Wednesday, July 22, 2009

In my garden I see the last weeks, lost of hoverflies..(zweefvliegen)
they can kind of stand still in the air...like a colibri.
This one is a Marmalade hover-fly...
in dutch he is called a pyama zweefvlieg..or (latin name:Episyrphus balteatus)
as if he is still wearing his striped pyjama..and did-not change clothes after breakfast.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

This morning, I looked for the new-born ladybird,to see if he was still there...

At first I thought he had gone,but looking a little higher.... there he was.He had climbed between the seeds of the valerian.hiding...between the seeds, which had become little parachutes...ready to jump off.

Now he had put on his full colorsall his dots were deepblack and his shield painted in a bright-firy-orange.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

I decided to follow the progress of the dots coming through.every hour I made a photo.the raindrops still on top...because it kept raining all day long.you can clearly see the dots darkening,while he sheltered in the shadow of a leaf.

When I went outside to check my mailbox,I remembered the last cocoon of the ladybird in the Valerian.So I checked instead the cocoon.

To my surprise..the ladybird had just come out!He sat with large raindrops on his new shield on the other side of the cocoon,waiting to dry and harden his wings.It was such a beautiful sight..this ladybird with shining-thru dots..and raindots.

Friday, July 17, 2009

In my garden, just at the arch, when entering my garden
the watchers are blossoming.

I call always call them watchers...
because one of my friends F. gave me, years ago some baby plants.
she had sown them and on the seed-package the name of this specie was "Watcher"
Over the years the seeds have fallen on the ground and made even more watchers.

yesterday the sun was gently playing with the reds, making them even more brilliant

The blackbirds-nest is empty...(see also posts of July 11, July 07 and July 01)
The young have flown out.
I saw father blackbird flying with his beak full of food...to the conifer,
instead of flying into the ivy where the nest is.
that means the young are in the conifer.

After a few days now...I checked the nest to see what was left.
I found one unhatched egg in the nest as a left over.

About Me

I draw and make pictures about sense and seemingly non-sense.
about beauty around,
yet in hurrylife
and all important else,
forget to look & see.
About God's glimpse shining through.
Just around the corner in 'everyday-normal-life' hardly noticing, until looking back
I see!..............
'GIVE MY EYES WINGS'=IWINGS